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Mobilizing knowledge and moving research to action

These ground-breaking research stories illustrate the potential for ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Climate Innovation. Each tells of a story of interdisciplinary collaboration and community-centred partnership.

Advancing Canada's Hydrogen Strategy

Project Leads
Steven Holdcroft, Professor, Canada Research Chair (Tier 1), Electrochemical Materials

Co-Creation Partners
TBA

Outcomes
Supporting co-development technologies and products to decarbonize the Canadian economy.

Nature-based Solutions as Climate Action

Project Leads
Alison Shaw, Executive Director, Community-centred Climate Innovation

Co-Creation Partners
Cities of Port Moody, Prince Rupert and Maple Ridge

Outcomes
Co-developing and implementing nature-based solutions that help build biodiversity, equity and community low carbon resilience.

Co-Developing Place-Based Climate Resilient Solutions

Project Leads
Nancy Olewiler

Co-Creation Partners
First Nations Housing and Infrastructure Council, BC Housing, and Technical Safety B.C.

Outcomes
Empowering rural, remote and Indigenous communities to co-develop low carbon and resilient solutions for housing and safer technical equipment.

Photo by Kyle Thacker

Sustainable Community-Resilient Alternative Mobility (SCRAM)

Project Leads:
Vahid Hosseini, Associate Profressor, Sustainable Energy Engineering
Dr. Chris Buse, Associate Professor, Health Sciences

Funding Agency
: Anthropogenic emission sources

Co-Creation Partners
City of Burnaby
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Mobi Bike Share
Evo Car Share

SCRAM’s Project Collaborators
Collaborative Research on Energy, Air Pollution, Transportation and Environment (CREATE)

Outcomes
Enhancing Canadian capabilities in knowledge and tools, while assisting community decision-making processes and alternative transportation options in pursuit of net-zero goals.

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DTES Climate Readiness Roadmap for the Social Service Sector

Project Leads 
Tara Mahoney, Research and Engagement Manager, ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Community-Engaged Research Initiative (CERi)
Alison Shaw, Executive Director, ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Climate Innovation and ACT - Action on Climate team

Co-Creation Partners 
VanCity Community Foundation

Outcomes 
Mapping climate impacts to residents and organizations of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) community, a new co-created climate readiness Roadmap will identify key opportunities, barriers, and trade-offs to building low carbon resilience planning tools and strategies for social sector organizations in BC and across Canada.

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